Tag Archives: strikes

Firing teachers who even discuss the possibility of striking

By Mark | April 21, 2011

Once again, the Republicans of Michigan are making national headlines for their bold new policy initiatives. Today, it’s House bill 4465, sponsored by Bill Rogers of Brighton. If passed, it would, among other things, punish striking teachers by stripping them of their credentials for two years, making it impossible for them to work as educators […]

Posted in Education, Politics | Also tagged Douglas Geiss, Gregory Baracy, HB 4241, HB 4465, HB 4466, House Education Committee, Lisa Brown, Michigan Education Association, parasitic teachers, Paul Scott, teachers and their evil agendas, teachers union, tenure, thought crime, union busting | 26 Comments

Happy Labor Day… you Socialist sons of bitches

By Mark | September 7, 2009

As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national holiday until 1894, in the wake of a bloody strike by employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company, an Illinois-based manufacturer of luxury rail cars. It all began when the company, […]